June is the month of exam here in France: high school level, competitive examination... it's a stressed period for our childrens as for us parents. It's why, I choose this photo...
The original photo, founded on Internet, was obviously red. However I choose to modifying the color to something more soothing. Even if a situation is stressful, we need to remain calm to get through a difficult period.

I created a design on my background with a stencil and crackle paste. I altered some of the design with a spatula. When dry, I colored it with Twinkling H2O. I finished my background with random stamping and paint splatters.

I want to share a new layout I made for Mixed Media Place. For the ones who follow me on Instagram, perhaps you remenber this photo I take when visiting the Phare des Baleines (Whale's Lighthouse) on the Ré Island (France).

The journaling hidden at the back of the layout: When I took this photo, I though I was simply photographing a Bumblebee. It's only when I was looking at the photos I took that day, that I discovered the little thing on the "big" thing...In fact, I tried all day to photograph a bee gathering pollen, but there was only bumblebees and this little intruder!

To created my background, I added crackle paste trough a stencil, color with Twinkling, some random stamping with two colors of inks and splatters with black gesso. The die cut letters were covered with Crackle Accent and lightly waxed to accentuate the crackle.